Partners

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Partners

BDA London

Brand Strategy Agency

BDA is an East London design agency with 25 years experience in fashion retail consultancy. BDA brings constant inspiration and innovation to their international client base through multi channel media and above the line strategy workshops, providing a complete and tailored creative process.

BDA London work as an integral part of the buying process, driving product change in order to take full advantage of commercial opportunities. BDA team have strong backgrounds in buying, retail and design and are able to challenge what is done, how it is done and why it has been done throughout the range building process.

BDA helps clarify where the real opportunity lies for the actual customer focus and work with both the product and marketing teams to form a holistic product strategy.

Judith Hemming

Systemic Organisational Consultant

Judith is the founder of Moving Constellations and a former director of the Nowhere foundation. She is one of Britain's foremost practitioners and trainers of Constellations and is highly regarded internationally as an expert in systemic approaches.

A UKCP-registered Gestalt practitioner and couples therapist of over 25 years, Judith has trained generations of therapists in the Gestalt model. In 1991, she trained in constellations work from its founder, Bert Hellinger, among others, and is now a leading figure in this world community of practitioners and teachers. Her previous experience as an English teacher and lecturer in education studies at the Institute of Education allowed her to pioneer this educational work.

Grahame Pits

Leadership Consultant & Coach

Grahame provides individual coaching, team workshops and leadership development programmes. He has worked extensively in the UK, USA and Europe, and within a diverse range of industries including retailing, distribution, manufacturing and the financial industries. He has a varied background in design, furniture making, education, management training and twenty years experience and knowledge of organisation development. He also writes fables and stories to help people understand and work with personal change.

Grahame is particularly interested in the link between our family of origin, being authentic, using our unique talents and the impact of unconscious patterns and conditioning on key decision making and choices. His clients include: Google, Barclays Bank, Virgin, Nestle, Vodafone, Tetra Pack, EMI, TV3, Tesco, Mothercare, Europcar, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, WPP, Barbican Centre, WH Smith, Eircom, Costa Coffee, Experian, The Winery, The Reading Agency, City & Islington College and other British and international businesses.

Lillie Naor

Change Consultant & Art Psychotherapist

Lillie brings a robust, theoretical and practical understanding of leadership and change and has developed cultural change programs for supporting organisation development processes. She harnesses knowledge and energy to foster self-sufficiency and genuine resilience in clients.

More than 20 years experience as an Art Psychotherapist, Consultant Supervisor, Group Facilitator and International Trainer, allied with a deep understanding of the social forces and hidden dynamics that affect communities and organisation, allows Lillie to build and develop teams and facilitate improve performance. Lillie’s collaborative approach helps her clients deliver real benefit to their organisations and for themselves by facilitating lasting change.

Penny Shapland-Chew

Systemic Coach, Facilitator & Consultant

Penny is often engaged for complex and sensitive assignments which require someone who can see beyond the presenting issue and calmly get to the root of problems and concerns. She has a good understanding of personality traits which impact upon business leadership and is able to challenge in a clear and supportive way. Penny’s coaching and consulting comes from a place of calmness and considered reflection. She creates a calming and centring space for her clients.

Penny is an International Coach Federation accredited executive coach (PCC), facilitator and change management consultant working with individuals and teams. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. Penny works generatively with individuals and teams to build healthy organisations which can deliver high levels of performance. She facilitates the management of change in a way which gets the best out of people. Author of Generative Change Management: Creating Positive Organisations and Flourishing People, ISBN: 978-87-403-1567-7.

James Hazlett-Beard

Creative Director & Photographer

British born photographer Hazlett-Beard has been working within the fashion and music industries for the past 3 years. The foundation for his work lay within a keen interest in psychology and basic human interaction. Focusing on creating a safe environment for his subjects to freely express themselves and remove masks rather than projecting his ideals on his subjects he aims to empower them.

Farah Liz Pallaro

Fashion Strategy & Development Management Consultant

Farah brings creativity, innovation and contemporary leadership with 12 years of experience as a designer, trend researcher and project manager for the top international fashion businesses. She helps clients achieve their goals by ensuring that they heighten understanding of issues affecting their industry through the latest thinking and current best business practice. Farah is an expert in building strategies, developing businesses and supply chain and project managment.